Belt buckle



Y ISRAEL BENJAMINS, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. f

' BELT BUCKLE.

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To LZ2 wilma/t mag/"concern: j

Be it kn'own'that l", sRAnnBnNJAMiNs, acitizen of the' 'United States, residing.; at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State vof' New York, haveL invented a new and useslotted nor perforated on the front thereof',

the end of a leather belt.

Second: to produce'a buckle,Y which is comparatively freewfrom-slot's and perfo.-

rations on the rear thereof, except where' connected to the: belt; y

Third: to have said belt buckle easy to open and easy to close; and Y j Fourth: to have said belt Vbuckle simple, durable and inexpensive.'Y 1

I attainthese objects by the belt buckle illustrated in the accompanying drawings or by` any mechanicalf'equivalent vor obvious n'lodification of the same.

The accompanying drawings are made to a larger Vscale for the sake of clearness.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a vertical 'section on the line1-1 of Fig. 2, looking towards the left; Fig. 2 is a'vertical section onthe line 2-2 ofv Fig.'A 1', looking rtowards the right;v F 3 is a vertical section on the line4 3- 3 of' Fig. 1 looking towards the left; Fig. 4' isv a horizontal section on the line a-'rof rig. '1. 5 j

Fig. 5 is a'rear elevation of lone form of my belt buckle, showing the slots for connect-ing the buckle to a cloth belt.

F ig.Y 6 is a plan of theY right half or hand piece of my belt buckle; Fig. 7 is a plan of the left half or socket piece vof my belt buckle. f

Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the form of my belt buckle, shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 9 is a horizontal section of the socket pier-:e of my belt-buckle, showing a connection to Fig. 1() is an Aelevation of one form of the spring and lever of my belt buckle showing them as made in one piece with the projection or catch soldered thereto.

'Similar numerals referto similarparts throughout the several views.

11 designates the hand piece and 12 the socket piece of my belt buckle, which are shown in Figs. 2 and 3 as having each its 'forming the top edge ofthepiece.

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Specicationcf Lettersatent, Y Patentedilgb; 21%, 1922;? i Application filedk .A 'pri1")30, A. *ik i un' 1921. Ne. aegsaff f front and rearma'de one 'piece offmetal bent over-fat" the i middle thereof, thereby It is evident fromV F ig; 1fthatfthe buckle.

`The bottom or lower edge of the socket piece y is' formed bythestrips 12b'and 12a,4 which maybe soldered to the lower edges ofthe The strip 12'a'isshownas tapered toiperfront of' the hand piece 11 is-substantially continuous with they front ofthe socketpiece bothi together forming j the front fof the beltv mit the projection orcatch 14 ofthe spring 13 readily to pass"thereover.`YY g.

SaidA spring 13 may .bemade Yof branch of said 'spring 13 is 'shown in Fig. 1 as terminating'in the projection or catch 14.

l a bar'v or 'strip of'metalV bent into, the shape as shownl -in'Fig` 1 or intosome similar shape, and 'itt may have 'its upper branchsoldered 'orotherf wise connectedto thetop edge' of thelhand piece 11, preferably inside thereof; the lower and it has 'the leverr soldered or otherwise kconnected thereto; said lever lj'gztefrminates in the handle 16.

n is evident that by ih'sertigthpbend of' theY spring 13 into the socket piece my belt buckle and then moving lthe hand piece and socket piece thereof towardseach other,H the projection or catch 14 will enter the open? will thereby be locked. ,s A.

The action of the spring 13 'is ina plane substantially parallel tothe front ofthe belt# buckle, as is evident fromy Fig. 1. n

To unlock the buckle, the handle 16v of the lever 15 is pressed upward towards the top of the buckle, whereby the projection or. catch 14 is lifted out ofthe opening 17 and the hand. piece may then be separated from the socket piece. 1 c l To facilitate the pressing of the handle 16 upwardly I provide a cutout in the lower edge of the front 11f and also one in the rear o' 17, above described, "and'the, buckle 11" of the hand piece of about the same size,

.as said handle 16 and opposite thereto.

To make the appearance ofthe buckle symof about the same size and shape as said cut-' outs in the hand piece and symmetrical thereto, as shown in'Figs.- 5 andl 8. l

` shown as rounded oil on the bottom and side 18 andl9 are slots, shown in Fig. 5 in the rear of my belt buckle at each end thereof,-

for connecting the same to the ends of a cloth belt.

To connect my buckle to a leather belt l propose to have a set of teeth 23 in each end of the rear 22r of the form of my buckle, the socket piece of which is shown in Fig. 7 g the edge adjacent to theset of teeth may be initially bent as shown; the end of the belt 24 is theninserted between said teeth 23 and the opposite edge of the 'ront 22f or' my buckle, when said end 24 may be secured in place by still further bending the edge with the teeth 23 inwardly.

13a is another form of the spring ot' my belt buckle shown in Fig. l0 as made in one with the lever 15a and handle 16a; the projection or catch 14a may be soldered or otherwise connected to said lever 15a, and it is thereof opposite the socket piece to facilitate its passing over the strip 12at of the socket piece and into the opening 17 thereof.

The handle 16a terminates in the bead 16h,

lwhich may vextend' beyond the end of the I from the main scope of my invention.

l do not, therefore, restrict myseli' to the details as shown in the drawingsgrbut I intend to include also all mechanical equivaf lents and reasonably obvious modiiications of the same within the scope of my invention.

What l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a belt buckle a socket-piece and a hand-piece, each of ksaid pieces having a front, which is a. continuation of the front ot the other piece, combined with a U-shaped springY situated in and adapted to act in a plane substantially parallel to the front of the buckle, said spring being connected to the handpiece and adapted to be detachably interlocked with said socket piece.

2. In a belt buckle a socket piece having two edges thereon, a hand piece and a U- shaped spring connected to vsaid hand piece bined with a U-shaped spring situated in and adapted to act in a plane substantially parallel to the front orp the buckle, said spring being connected to; the edge of said hand piece and adaptedto be detachably interlocked with the edge of the socket piece.

t. In a belt buckle a socket piece anda hand piece, each having thereina rear, an edge and a front made'otl a strip of sheet metal bent to shape, the fronts of the two pieces being substantially continuous, combined with a U-shaped spring, situated between said rears and said fronts, and adapted to act in a plane substantially parallel thereto, said spring being connected to the edge of said hand piece and adapted to be detachably interlocked with the edge of said socket piece.

5. In a belt buckle a hand piece and a socket piece having a lower yedge thereon, combined with a U-shaped spring connected to said hand piece and adapted to be interlocked with the lower edge of said socket piece, and each oi said pieces having a front, which is substantially continuous with the front of the other piece.

ISRAEL BENJAMINS. 

